To sum up, Lee calls into question the compulsory and relentless data mining that every Android customer must endure, and reminds us that Google’s core business is targeted advertising — perhaps a passive-aggressive way of suggesting that the remote “ad” switch might one day be enabled for Android handsets?

Now as I understand it, the Symbian Foundation’s day-to-day business is with carriers and handset makers more than end users, but his comments are certainly relevant.

What do you think — are these legitimate concerns for or just scaremongering tactics?